I need major advice. Does anyone out there have any strategies for handling 2-year-old tantrums? I am at my wits end. I have managed to stay patient through all 5 million episodes over the past week, but I am on the brink of losing it.
The Two-Year-Old screams about EVERYTHING. I understand there may be many factors playing into this "phase" but I want him — no — I NEED him to understand that his behavior is unaccpetable.
Any thoughts? Anyone? Please.
For the first time since May 26th, I cleaned my kitchen and it stayed that way for the ENTIRE morning!
I love school.
The Two-Year-Old took my life hostage three weeks ago and won’t give it up.
He decided not to let me out of his sight, nor out of his physical "personal" space. By that I mean, if he is not touching me or sitting on my lap, he screams. I’m not exactly sure what I did to deserve this home imprisonment, but I’m on the brink of losing it.
My friends and family tell me it’s "a phase". I hate that expression. It has become the umbrella explanation for every child behavioral phenomena that parents, teachers, doctors and psychologists cannot explain — and cannot solve.
I need solutions.
Now.
When I have to use the bathroom and the Two-Year-Old trys to sit on my lap — Let’s face it — that’s just wrong.
We have a two-year-old. Need I say more? Let’s refer to him from now on as The Two-Year-Old. He deserves a capitalized title. He’s actually our fourth child so you’d think we’d know how this works by now.
We don’t have a clue.
This morning at his usual 5 a.m. bewitching hour we brought him into bed with us so his dad and I could get just a few more precious minutes of sleep. I’m just not a 5 a.m. kind of girl.
The Two-Year-Old became possessed. He thrashed around the bed, then let out a slow growl as he planted one hand firmly on my right cheek and pressed the opposing foot against his dad’s chest trying to push both of us out of our bed.
It worked. We got up.
I’m absolutely floored by the power of The-Two-Year-Old. Against all odds: a limited vocabulary consisting of "Maaam, Daaaad, num-num," and "wow," and a small stature, he holds the remote control to our family’s life.
Wow.
Thank God for Tivo and Blues Clues.
I know it’s all about parents interacting with their children, but this works too.
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Came home to find my two-year old sitting next to an empty jar of Vaseline with the goo smeared all over him and everything nearby. (Husband wasn’t watching too well)
We’ve been sliding all over the house as it’s impossible to get out.
